I don’t have a favorite medium. I love oils, watercolor, sculpture in metal and ceramics, drawing, underwater photography, and stained glass. My husband, Jack Rutter, and I are probably most known for our stained glass designs and unique panels. But, the past several years it has been a real pleasure to explore a variety of mediums, the latest addition being welded metal sculpture. These additions have been so well received and we are very thankful to our many friends and patrons for their support.
Biography
A native of Oklahoma, Ladonna graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1981. In 1991 she earned a Master’s Degree in HRMD from Webster University, St Louis, MO. She 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and was fortunate to travel many places in the world during that timeframe.
Always a “dabbler” in art, she and Jack started seriously creating unique stained glass pieces for other people in the mid-80s. Today they have a business, A Touch of Glass, centered on Original Stained Glass Art.
Since retiring from the Air Force Ladonna has been participating in the Visual Arts program at Auburn University of Montgomery (AUM), Alabama. Subsequently, she is increasingly being recognized for her work in other mediums. Her paintings and sculpture are being shown in art galleries in Selma and Montgomery, Alabama. Some of her more recent honors include: She won Best of Category in the Selma Art Guild show, 2005, and Second Place in the 3-D category in the Selma Art Guild show, 2006. She won honors at the 2005 and 2006 Society of Arts and Crafts (SAC’s) Waterfront Shows and the SAC’s 2006 Member’s Show and Student’s Show. She was the recipient of a Merit award at the 2006 AUM Annual Competition. She has been accepted in the Montgomery Art Guild Regions Bank Show in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. She was accepted into the 2006 Nightingale Show.
Ladonna and Jack love animals and nature, and are avid SCUBA divers. You will see that love reflected in much of their work.
Ladonna Idell joined Pixels on October 21st, 2006.
